fundamental
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The fundamental issue is the 50-50 power split does not really work with this engine architecture and the current size of battery.
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026
Additionally, Goldman Sachs predicts that central bank demand will remain a fundamental pillar of support, averaging about 60 metric tons monthly, once price volatility dissipates.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 2, 2026
But unless it resolves the deeper contradictions — unless it explains not just what is happening, but why it had to happen and how it will end — it will not change the fundamental dynamic.
From Salon • Apr. 1, 2026
“What we’re seeing in the market today is much more about supply recovery and timing shifts than any fundamental change in consumption,” said CEO Sherman Miller on the earnings call.
From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026
The atom—the fundamental unit of matter—was actually made of even more fundamental units of matter: electrons, protons, and neutrons.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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